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Lobos Creek, Baker Beach
Lobos Creek is a stream in the Presidio of San Francisco, draining urban runoff and underground springs and flowing intermittently west for 1 mile (1.6 km) from near Mountain Lake to the Pacific Ocean between Baker Beach and China Beach, about 5 miles (8 km) west of downtown San Francisco and at Sea Cliff, California.
Crescent Beach, Ecola State Park
Crescent Beach lies between Ecola Point and Chapman Point in Ecola State Park, about 20 miles (32 km) south-southwest of Astoria and 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Cannon Beach, Oregon. It is accessible via a 1.5‑mile (2.4‑km) trail from Ecola Point.
Sledge Island, Bering Sea
Sledge Island, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) across, lies in the Bering Sea, 5 miles (8 km) off the Seward Peninsula’s south coast, about 95 miles (153 km) southeast of Wales and 25 miles (40 km) west of Nome, Alaska.
Fort Ross, Northwest Cape
Fort Ross, a historic Russian settlement and part of Fort Ross State Historic Park, lies on a small bight called Fort Ross Cove, south of Northwest Cape, about 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Gualala and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Jenner, California.
Reid Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Reid Glacier flows north for 11 miles from the Brady Icefield to Reid Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 113 miles (182 km) southeast of Yakutat and 50 miles northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.
Strawberry Hill, Point Bentinck
Strawberry Hill is a series of uplifted beach ridges on Point Bentinck, at the eastern tip of Hinchinbrook Island and the southern entrance to Strawberry Channel, which separates the island from the mainland, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Valdez and 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Cordova, Alaska.
Fort Cronkhite, Marin Headlands
Fort Cronkhite, on the Marin Headlands, is a historic US Army facility that supported Battery Townsley, part of San Francisco Bay’s coastal artillery during World War II, about 8 miles southwest of Stinson Beach and 8 miles west-northwest of San Francisco, California.
Coghill River, Dartmouth Glacier
The Coghill River in Chugach National Forest flows southwest for 5 miles (8 km) from the terminus of Dartmouth Glacier to Coghill Lake, which is 4.7 miles (7.5 km) long, and then runs west-southwest for 3 miles (4.8 km) to College Fjord near Coghill Point, about 54 miles (87 km) west of Valdez and 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Whittier, Alaska.
Gilttoyees Creek, Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park
Gilttoyees Creek originates in a series of cirque basins on the east and south flanks of Tentacle Peak in the Kitimat Ranges, and flows generally southeast for about 20 miles (32 km) through Foch-Gilttoyees Provincial Park and Protected Area before reaching Gilttoyees Inlet, which opens onto Douglas Channel, about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Prince Rupert and 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Kitimat, British Columbia.
Tomales Point, Point Reyes National Seashore
Tomales Bluff is a headland forming the northern tip of Tomales Point in Point Reyes National Seashore National Seashore, about 45 miles (72 km) northwest of San Francisco and 7 miles (11 km) south-southeast of Bodega Bay, California.
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